Celebrity MasterChef

Celebrity MasterChef returns with 20 familiar faces from the world of show business, music and sport, all hoping to follow in the footsteps of last year's champion, John Partridge, and take the 2019 title.

This week the first batch of five celebrities undertake three tough culinary challenges in a bid to prove their cookery talent to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Hoping to show they've got what it takes are iconic fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, former professional football player Neil Ruddock, TV personality Joey Essex, professional dancer Oti Mabuse and long-distance runner and former marine Andy Grant.

This week's heats continue with the four remaining celebrities facing two more culinary challenges as they battle for a place in the semi-finals.

The pairs challenge returns in tonight's first round, as the four celebrities are split into two teams of two, in a test of teamwork and communication. Each team is tasked with cooking the same dish. Both plates must be identical in both appearance and flavour, but there is a catch: between each pair there is a wall. The only way for the celebrities to successfully produce identical plates is by communicating through the wall.

The celebrities are then sent out on their first mass catering challenge. Remaining in their teams they will have to make lunch for over 100 members of staff at London Zoo.

The battle for semi-final places reaches its climax as the four celebrities attempt to cook a faultless two course meal that will be judged not only by John and Gregg, but also by Celebrity MasterChef champions Angellica Bell and Phil Vickery and finalist Rylan Clark Neil.

Only the best two contestants can earn a semi-final place and come one step closer to winning the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2019. For those who don't make the grade, the journey ends here.

This second heat week sees five more celebrities enter the MasterChef kitchen. with Dom Parker, Josie Long, Mim Shaikh, Jenny Ryan and Alex George facing three culinary challenges. They first tackle an invention test, before they are split into two groups to take on the challenge of cooking for the first time in a restaurant kitchen, preparing dishes for paying customers. In the final task they are asked to prepare a dish of their own design in just one hour, before judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace decide which of the contestants will leave the competition.

The four remaining contestants face two more culinary challenges, as they compete to secure a place in the semi-finals. First, the celebrities are split into two teams of two, and each team is tasked with cooking the same dish, which must be identical in both appearance and flavour. For the second challenge, the competitors are then sent out on their first mass catering challenge, taking place at the Ford factory in Dagenham, Essex.

The battle for a semi-final place reaches its climax as the four celebrities are tasked to cook a faultless two-course meal that will not only be judged by John Torode and Gregg Wallace but also by last year's finalists Martin Bayfield and Spencer Matthews and champion John Partridge. Only the best two contestants can come one step closer to winning the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2019. For those who don't make the grade, the journey ends here.

TV and radio presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams, legendary Motown singer Martha Reeves, Olympic gold medal-winning long jumper Greg Rutherford, actress Elizabeth Bourgine and heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte take part, as the competition hosted by John Torode and Gregg Wallace continues. The first challenge for the five hopefuls is an Invention Test - the infamous test of imagination and creativity. The contestants are all given a mincer and a burger press and are tasked with making just one dish - a burger and fries - of their own design. Ingredients to choose from include tuna, mackerel, beef chuck, pork belly, lamb shoulder and turkey breast.

This week's heat continues with the four remaining celebrities facing two more culinary challenges as they battle for a place in the semi-finals.

Tonight's tasks begin with the pairs challenge. Then the celebrities are sent out on their first mass catering challenge. Working in teams, they will have to make lunch for over 100 pupils at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school in North London.

Tonight the battle for semi-final places reaches its climax. The four celebrities must now cook a faultless two-course meal that will be judged not only by John and Gregg, but also by three Celebrity MasterChef champions: Lisa Faulkner (2010), Kimberley Wyatt (2015) and Ade Edmonson (2013). Only the best two contestants can earn a semi-final place and come one step closer to winning the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2019. For those who don't make the grade, the journey ends here.

Adam Woodyatt, Vicky Pattison, Kellie Maloney, Tomasz Schafernaker and Judge Jules all hope to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

The four remaining celebrities face two more culinary challenges. One team has to master two vegetarian dishes, including John Torode's salt and pepper tofu tacos.

The remaining celebrities cook a faultless two-course meal for actors Alexis Conran and Sophie Thompson and TV personality and man of the cloth Reverend Richard Coles.

After four weeks of intense competition, it's the first semi-final, with eight cooks remaining.

The semi-finals continue as the remaining six celebrity cooks battle for the MasterChef title.

It's the last of the semi-finals, and the battle for a place in finals week is on.

It's finals week, and the four remaining celebrity cooks continue the battle for the title.

All that stands between the celebrities and a place in the final three is a single dish inspired by a place they love.

After six weeks of gruelling challenges, it's the Celebrity MasterChef final. Twenty celebrities started the battle to become MasterChef Champion 2019, and now only three remain. Tonight one of them will be crowned champion, and just one challenge stands between them and the title.

The finalists must now cook and present a faultless three-course meal for final judgement by John and Gregg. It's their last chance to prove they have what it takes, by showing true passion and creativity with their dishes. Who amongst this year's finalists is the true cooking star and worthy of a place in the Celebrity MasterChef hall of fame?
Only one can be crowned Celebrity MasterChef champion 2019.